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exceedingly rough, of a dark purplish red ; flesh yellow, rery hard 
and firm. A very distinct pretty sort, but too small. 
41. Seedling (Froud). 
Haulm long, straggling, from 3 to 4 feet long ; leaves very small^ 
dark green. Flowers rosy purple. Tubers of medium size, round,, 
flattened ; eyes deep ; skin smooth, dark reddish purple, some 
tubers having splashes of white round the eyes ; flesh white. A 
late sort and distinct. 
XLI. — Keport on Autumn-sown Onions Grown at Chiswick for 
Trial by the Fruit Committee of the Koyal Horticultural 
Society. 1876. 
In 1875, when the general trial of Onions was resolved upon, it 
was deemed desirable that the entire collection should be submitted 
to two separate trials of spring-sowing and autumn-sowing. 
A report has been published on those varieties which have suc- 
ceeded well as spring-sown, the present report is supplementary to 
it, the varieties being autumn-sown. 
It was proved last year that many varieties of Onions were 
entirely unsuited for cultivation, and worthless as spring-sown — 
to wit, the Lisbon, most of the Silver-skinned section (except for 
pickling purposes), and the Tripoli or Italian varieties, which 
seldom ripen. It may now be noted that all those varieties which 
succeed well as spring-sown, viz., the "White Spanish, White 
Globe, Erown Globe, Yellow Danvers, the Eed varieties, &c., are 
all equally good as autumn-sown. All Onions are all equally 
hardy and able to withstand the winter, and about the same pro- 
portion of each variety runs to seed. 
The Silver-skinned varieties are especially valuable for autumn- 
sowing because of their early bulbing properties for spring salading, 
and the Tripoli or Italian section, through having a longer season, 
grow larger and ripen more perfectly. 
1. Queen. 
Synonym. — Piccirillo's !N"ew Queen. 
This is a very small and very early variety of the Silver- skinned 
section. It forms bulbs almost as quickly as a Radish, is of about 
